jig · Key of D

FARMER HAYES

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "FARMER HAYES"FARMER HAYES0242405052200060505260242405052024200002Tenor Banjo4240505220006052654000205260242000Tenor Banjo6024500024542050406024500024542050024Tenor Banjo54254205424040526024240405260242000Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 63Notes:"Slow""Collected by F.O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 63
T: FARMER HAYES
B: O'Neill's 63
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
N: "Slow"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
K:D
(D/E/) \
| (FEF) D2d | (A2G) E2E | D2D (DCD) | G2{AG}E C2(D/E/) \
| (FEF) D2d | (A2G) E2D | EFE D2D | D3- D2(D/E/) |
| (FEF) D2d | (A2G) E2E | D2D (DCD) | G2E C2(d/c/) \
| A2A (ABA) | G2E C2D | EFE D2D | D3- D2 ||
C \
| D2E F2G | A2A (ABc) | d2c BAG | A2F D2C \
| D2E F2G | A2A (ABc) | d2c BAG | A3 (ABc) |
| d2c B2d | c2B A2G | (FEF) (DFA) | G2E HC2 (D/E/) \
| (FEF) (DFA) | G2E C2D | (EFE) D2D | D3- D2 ||
FAQ

Questions about FARMER HAYES

  • FARMER HAYES is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 94% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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